50 Years ago tomorrow

[knickslions]

Powder kegs: 50 years ago, 10-cent beers helped turn a Cleveland baseball game into a bloody riot

On a warm spring night along Lake Erie five decades ago, a well-intended promotion meant to attract fans for the perpetually lousy Cleveland Indians turned ugly and triggered a booze-fueled riot now known as one of the most notorious events in American sports history. During a scary ninth...

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One of classic bad promos in history of sports

 

[joeaubie21]

Powder kegs: 50 years ago, 10-cent beers helped turn a Cleveland baseball game into a bloody riot

On a warm spring night along Lake Erie five decades ago, a well-intended promotion meant to attract fans for the perpetually lousy Cleveland Indians turned ugly and triggered a booze-fueled riot now known as one of the most notorious events in American sports history. During a scary ninth...

www.yahoo.com

One of classic bad promos in history of sports

LOL... I remember that.

 

[Thomas1945]

Well with inflation being what it is, they could have a $4.00 beer night today with possibly the same results.

 

[Woodpecker]

 

[Jerry]

Powder kegs: 50 years ago, 10-cent beers helped turn a Cleveland baseball game into a bloody riot

On a warm spring night along Lake Erie five decades ago, a well-intended promotion meant to attract fans for the perpetually lousy Cleveland Indians turned ugly and triggered a booze-fueled riot now known as one of the most notorious events in American sports history. During a scary ninth...

www.yahoo.com

One of classic bad promos in history of sports

Holy crap, I don't remember this one, but the scene sounds totally comical, like a zoo, before things got ugly in the 9th inning.

Love this:

>>...Texas manager Billy Martin...turned to his players in the dugout and told them to grab bats before leading a charge onto the Municipal Stadium field and into mayhem.<<

Sounds just like Billy...

 

[joeaubie21]

They used to have quarter beer nights at various clubs where I lived.

If you got 2 beers, you were lucky.

 

[knickslions]

They used to have quarter beer nights at various clubs where I lived.

If you got 2 beers, you were lucky.

Reminds me of cheap beer at gman

 

[LMTLION]

Holy crap, I don't remember this one, but the scene sounds totally comical, like a zoo, before things got ugly in the 9th inning.

Love this:

>>...Texas manager Billy Martin...turned to his players in the dugout and told them to grab bats before leading a charge onto the Municipal Stadium field and into mayhem.<<

Sounds just like Billy...

Definitely one of the greatest baseball personalities of all time!

 

[DELion]

This brings to mind another truly inspired baseball promotion from the same era:

Disco Demolition Night

 

[Obliviax]